Karl Kahr

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Karl Kahr, member of Waffen SS, was a camp doctor at Dachau and Dora Concentration Camps describing the conditions at the camp during the Pohl' Trial Date between 1947 and 1949

Karl Kahr (German pronunciation:

Mittelbau-Dora
concentration camp between January 1944 and February 1945.

Biography

Kahr was born in the town of

Breslau
.

In November 1942, Kahr was transferred to the

Mittelbau-Dora in January 1944. During his time at Dora, Kahr developed a good reputation among the camp’s inmates both for his competence and his efforts to improve conditions for the prisoners under his care. In February 1945, he was replaced at Dora by Eduard Wirths and was briefly reassigned to the Gross-Rosen concentration camp in Lower Silesia
.

Following the

Pohl Trial the following year. After his release from US custody, Kahr returned to Graz where he resumed the practice of medicine.[1]

References

  1. ^ Sellier, Andre. A History of the Dora Camp. Chicago: Ivan R. Dee. 2003.